Analysts Set Expectations for Teradyne FY2026 Earnings

Teradyne, Inc. (NASDAQ:TER) – Research analysts at Northland Capmk issued their FY2026 earnings per share estimates for shares of Teradyne in a note issued to investors on Monday, January 6th. Northland Capmk analyst G. Richard expects that the company will earn $6.15 per share for the year. Northland Capmk currently has a “Strong-Buy” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Teradyne’s current full-year earnings is $3.17 per share.

TER has been the topic of a number of other reports. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upgraded Teradyne from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and lifted their price target for the company from $145.00 to $158.00 in a report on Monday, December 16th. Northland Securities upgraded Teradyne from a “market perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and lifted their target price for the company from $117.00 to $154.00 in a research note on Monday. Craig Hallum reduced their target price on shares of Teradyne from $124.00 to $111.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a report on Friday, October 25th. StockNews.com upgraded shares of Teradyne from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Sunday, October 27th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus reduced their price objective on shares of Teradyne from $140.00 to $125.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, October 25th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, ten have given a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $150.33.

Teradyne Stock Down 1.2 %

Shares of TER stock opened at $137.15 on Wednesday. The firm has a market cap of $22.34 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 43.54, a PEG ratio of 2.66 and a beta of 1.46. Teradyne has a 52-week low of $92.29 and a 52-week high of $163.21. The company’s 50 day moving average is $117.96 and its 200 day moving average is $127.77.

Teradyne (NASDAQ:TER) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, October 23rd. The company reported $0.90 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.78 by $0.12. Teradyne had a net margin of 18.75% and a return on equity of 18.56%. The company had revenue of $737.30 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $716.40 million. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $0.80 EPS. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 4.8% on a year-over-year basis.

Teradyne declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock buyback program on Monday, November 11th that allows the company to buyback $100.00 million in shares. This buyback authorization allows the company to repurchase up to 0.6% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are generally an indication that the company’s board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

Teradyne Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, December 18th. Stockholders of record on Monday, November 25th were paid a $0.12 dividend. This represents a $0.48 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.35%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, November 25th. Teradyne’s payout ratio is 15.24%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Teradyne news, CEO Gregory Stephen Smith sold 3,080 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, January 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $130.00, for a total transaction of $400,400.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer now directly owns 74,660 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $9,705,800. This trade represents a 3.96 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Corporate insiders own 0.36% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of Teradyne

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Nordea Investment Management AB increased its holdings in Teradyne by 4.3% in the fourth quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB now owns 1,522,492 shares of the company’s stock valued at $194,407,000 after buying an additional 63,218 shares in the last quarter. Everence Capital Management Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Teradyne in the 4th quarter valued at about $317,000. GAMMA Investing LLC raised its holdings in Teradyne by 3.1% in the 4th quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 3,445 shares of the company’s stock worth $434,000 after purchasing an additional 105 shares during the period. Versant Capital Management Inc boosted its position in Teradyne by 103.6% during the fourth quarter. Versant Capital Management Inc now owns 729 shares of the company’s stock worth $92,000 after purchasing an additional 371 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Retirement Systems of Alabama grew its holdings in Teradyne by 4.1% in the third quarter. Retirement Systems of Alabama now owns 35,836 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,800,000 after purchasing an additional 1,399 shares during the period. 99.77% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

About Teradyne

Teradyne, Inc designs, develops, manufactures, and sells automated test systems and robotics products worldwide. It operates through four segments; Semiconductor Test, System Test, Robotics, and Wireless Test. The Semiconductor Test segment offers products and services for wafer level and device package testing of semiconductor devices in automotive, industrial, communications, consumer, smartphones, cloud, computer and electronic game, and other applications.